[ebooktalk] Re: "The White Queen"
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:27:02 +0100
Hi Pele, Trish
I read the White Queen about a year ago and have been waiting for the others
in the series to turn up. I felt that while the books stuck to the known
facts other areas where rather fanciful. Having said that as far as I know
we don't really know that much about her. I knew of the supposed descent
from the river goddess but felt that it was rather overplayed. As for how
she met and wooed Edward well! Not very likely.
However, I did enjoy the book and can happily live with a bit of fancy and a
bit of magic.
I did think she did Richard III very well. It is hard to get to the truth of
him. Mainly because the Tudors one and could say what they liked and nobody
takes any notice of what the loosers have to say. Her solution of the
princes in the tower was also good. Again nobody knows the truth about that
and I loved the curses which came true and still tell us nothing.
Steve
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Hi Trish
I will be interested to know what you think of "The White Queen" as I
recently read it.
I found it the least good of all the Philippa Gregory historical novels I
have read, but part of the problem was that I did not quite believe Philippa
Gregory's portrayal of Elizabeth Woodville.
Pele
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